The Nazi officer made famous in Roman Polanski’s movie “The Pianist” has been posthumously honored by Israel’s Holocaust memorial, The Associated Press reported. A spokeswoman for Yad Vashem, the memorial, said that the museum awarded the honor of “righteous among the nations” to Capt. Wilm Hosenfeld based on testimonies of Holocaust survivors. The spokeswoman, Estee Yaari, said Captain Hosenfeld rescued at least two Jews in Poland from the Nazi genocide, including Wladyslaw Szpilman, the musician whose story was told in the film. Captain Hosenfeld joined the Nazi party before World War II but later wrote about his “disgust and horror” at the systematic murder of Jews. After the war he was arrested and jailed by the Russians. He died in a Soviet prison in 1952. The museum says it will award a medal and certificate to his descendants on his behalf. No date has been set for the ceremony.

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